Ecochondriacs [3]

Please note well: If you order this book in hard copy, it will ship before Thanksgiving. Link here. The Dying Candidate: Brock Tilton stared at his personal physician balefully. He trusted his doctor’s medical expertise completely, but did not trust the “life coach” lessons that Timothy Zizousias would try to offer him from time to …

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A Primer in Basic Electoral Skepticism

As you entertain doubts about the integrity of this last election, as well you should, you should not be looking at those things which you cannot see, but rather at the things you can see. Don’t be that guy who thinks that a loss for his candidate necessarily means the other side cheated. It doesn’t …

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Ecochondriacs [2]

Please note well: If you order this book in hard copy, it will ship before Thanksgiving. Link here. Launch: Despite her agitation, she did manage to fall asleep, albeit fitfully. And that lasted until about 5 am, when she sat bolt upright in bed, gasping for air. She was a woman who had an odd …

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The Authority of a Fraudulent Election

Introduction: I will begin by saying that there is a sharp difference between saying “not my president,” on the one hand, and “not our president” on the other. It is very easy for individualistic Americans to sport a bumper sticker that says, “Don’t Blame Me. I Voted for the Other Guy.” That is not how …

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Ecochondriacs [1]

This book is dedicated to Mark Steyn, to whom I am indebted for various things, including my introduction to the word ecochondriacs. Sunday Night: Countdown: Dr. Helen Greene let herself into her brown Annapolis townhouse apartment, kicked off her shoes by the front door, set the small bag of groceries down on the kitchen counter, …

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Without Any Yowling at All

I went to bed last night not knowing who the next president would be, which shows much fortitude I think. And I woke up braced for a Biden administration, and did so without yowling at the ceiling, which shows even more. But as things stand, it appears to be leaning Trump, but still too close …

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Something Like Dryer-Vent-Lint-for-Brains

Introduction: In order to keep these things plain and clear and lucid and comprehensible and transpicuous, you and I are going to have a little talk about this here election tomorrow. And in this little talk I am going to play the role of a Dutch uncle, which means, in its turn, that I am …

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Book of the Month/No Quarter November 2020

As we look back over the debris field of the year behind us, it is hard to believe what has transpired in just a handful of months. There we were last February, cruising at 30,000 feet, nibbling away at our little bag of pretzels, well adjusted to the cabin pressure, little realizing that our pilot …

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